| October 2022 | News from the Australian Antarctic Program
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Later this season, these tractor traverse trains will tow a mobile inland station to a remote ice-core drilling site, 1200 km from Casey research station and high on the Antarctic plateau. The mobile station will support scientists drilling for one million year old ice. |
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Antarctic season begins | Australia's Antarctic season opened with an air drop of mechanical parts by the RAAF, to help prepare the ice runway at Wilkins. This season will feature two deep-field science missions into remote parts of the frozen continent to help us understand the Earth’s past and present climate. The season will be supported by 7 voyages, 18 flights and 420 Antarctic expeditioners. | |
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Using AI to detect whale calls | Whale scientists could soon do themselves out of a job by applying artificial intelligence to their research. Using machine learning, the AI has trained itself to detect blue whale ‘D-calls’ in sound recordings, with greater accuracy and speed than human experts. | |
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Seabed 'jigsaw piece' released | Survey data from a vast underwater valley off East Antarctica, collected during RSV Nuyina’s first voyage, has been publicly released through AusSeabed. The 2300 m-deep, 2000 m-wide and more than 55 km-long valley, extends from underneath the Vanderford Glacier into the ocean. | |
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Dramatic decline in Adélie penguins near Mawson | Long-term monitoring has revealed a 43% decline in a large Adélie penguin population off the coast near Mawson research station, over the past decade. | |
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Jobs in Antarctica | Applications open for jobs in Antarctica on 8 November. Keep an eye on our jobs website for trades, telecommunications, infrastructure and station support roles. | |
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